diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
index 9e3846388fb3..1452a97914a0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
@@ -76,9 +76,12 @@ void iptunnel_xmit(struct sock *sk, struct rtable *rt, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	__ip_select_ident(net, iph, skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs ?: 1);
 
 	err = ip_local_out(net, sk, skb);
-	if (unlikely(net_xmit_eval(err)))
-		pkt_len = 0;
-	iptunnel_xmit_stats(dev, pkt_len);
+
+	if (dev) {
+		if (unlikely(net_xmit_eval(err)))
+			pkt_len = 0;
+		iptunnel_xmit_stats(dev, pkt_len);
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iptunnel_xmit);